fór-swíðe
Very strongly ⬩ very much ⬩ vehemently ⬩ utterly ⬩ valde ⬩ vehĕmenter
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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles fórswíðe gebrócod the army had not utterly broken up the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 29
cryppan
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Ðonne þé æpples lyste, þonne cryp þú þínne swíbran þúman tó middewearde þínre handa and befóh hine mid þínum fingre and rǽr up þíne fǽste, 124, 15
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medum-lic
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</b> of middle rank. Cf. medume; <b>II a</b> :-- On medomlicere stówe loco mediocri, R. Ben. I. 101, 8
met
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Add: measure Ealdes mannes eágan beóþ unscearpsýno; þonne sceal hé þá eágan weccan mid gnídingum, mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon bere oþþe on wǽne ferige; and hý sculan nyttian lytlum and forhtlicum metum ( these means are to be employed
Iotas
The Jutes
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From the Jutes came the people of Kent and Wight, that is, the tribe that now lives in Wight and the race among the West Saxons that is to the present time called the Jutes' race, Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 10-14.
fold-ræst
a grave
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A resting-place in the earth, a grave; or rest in the earth (of the buried dead) Þonne eall Adames cynn onfehð flǽsce, weorðed foldræste, eardes æt ende then (at the resurrection) all the race of Adam shall receive flesh, it will be at end with the grave
swift
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Cf. rapid as applied to the slope of a hill Of ðǽm díce on swiftan beorh; of ðǽm beorhge, C.D. iii. 394, 3
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Exon. 11 b; Th. 15. 33; Cri. 245. without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive Eal [acc. n.] ic recce I govern all, Exon. 110 b; Th. 424, 2; Rä. 41, 33.
rǽdan
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Ox. 4814. intrans. or absolute to read to oneself Þonne ongyte sé þe rǽt (rédes, L. R. legit), Mk. 13, 14. Hé hine ǽnne gemétte sittende and rǽdendne ætforan þám mynstergeate, Gr.
hergung
Harrying ⬩ harrowing ⬩ plundering ⬩ devastation ⬩ waging war ⬩ an irruption ⬩ incursion ⬩ invasion ⬩ a raid ⬩ plunder
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Harrying, harrowing, plundering, devastation, waging war, an irruption, incursion, invasion, a raid, plunder Seó hergung wæs þurh Alaricum Gotena cyning geworden inruptio quæ per Alaricum regem Gothorum facta est, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11.
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ge-dréfednes
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Se gefeá weard swíþe raðe on heora móde tó gedréfednesse (gedrǽfednesse, Bos. 70, II) gecierred, Ors. 3, 10 ; S. 138, 24. Swá orsorg ꝥ ic náne gedréfednesse næfde. Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 26. Gedréfednyssum tribulationibiis. Bl. Gl
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ge-cuman
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Genim ðé mínne rǽd and gecum tó ðám apostole. Hml. Th. ii. 414, 12. Oð ꝥ ríc Godes gecyme ( ueniat ), Lk. L. 22, 18. Gecwóme hé cwoðend uenisse se dicens, Mt. p. 14, 12.
ellen-róf
Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave ⬩ rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis
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Ellenrófe weras the bold men, Exon. 106 b; Th. 405, 9; Rä. 23, 20: Cd. 94; Th. 122, 33 ; Gen. 2036: Andr. Kmbl. 2284; An. 1143
hwettan
To WHET ⬩ sharpen ⬩ instigate ⬩ urge ⬩ incite ⬩ excite
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Gr. 28; Som. 30, 48: Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 1; Rä. 12, 3. Se lǽce his seax hwæt the physician sharpens his knife, Past. 26, 3; Swt. 187, 5. Úsic lust hwætep desire urges us, Andr. Kmbl. 571; An. 286.
ge-bróðor
brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti
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Ic seah vi gebróðor I saw six brethren, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 12; Rä. 14, 2: 98 a; Th. 366, 12; Reb. 11. Ða gebróðer begen ætsamne the brothers both together, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 17, col. 1; Æðelst. 57.
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fyrst
first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence
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., fyrst ferhðbana; nó þý fæg[en]ra wæs, wolde líge gesyllan beorna sélost his swǽsne sunu tó sigetibre to the meeting-place led Abraham Isaac . . ., noble destroyer of life; not the more joyous was he (i. e. he was sorely troubled), to the flames would
a-ríman
To number ⬩ count ⬩ enumerate ⬩ numerare ⬩ enumerare ⬩ dinumerare ⬩ recensere
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To number, count, enumerate; numerare, enumerare, dinumerare, recensere He aríman mæg regnas scúran dropena gehwelcne he can count every drop of the rain-shower, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 21; Sat. 11 : Ps. Th. 89, 13: 146, 5.
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Iclingas
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Guthlac belonged Hé was ðæs yldestan and ðæs æðelstan cynnes ðe Iclingas wǽron genemnede he [Guthlac's father] was of that chiefest and noblest race that were called Iclings, Guthl. 1 ; Gdwin. 8, 4. [Icelingtun (Ickleton in Cambridgeshire?)
be-syrwan
To ensnare, deceive ⬩ circumvenire, decipere, machinari
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Mynte se mánscaða manna cynnes sumne besyrwan the wicked spoiler expected to ensnare one of the race of men, Beo. Th. 1430; B. 713 : 1888; B. 942: Cd. 127; Th. 162, 13; Gen. 2680
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ge-sceót
shooting, hurling ⬩ rapid movement as of anything shot
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Similar entries v. gesceot ge mid stána torfungum both with shootings and flingings of stones, Ors. 3, 9: Bos, 68, 19. rapid movement as of anything shot Ða wǽmna flugon mid swiftum gesceóte on heora fínd the weapons flew with swift movement on to their